TBS has announced that at the end of "American Dad's" tenth season, the show will be finished on Fox and move to the Turner-owned network for its 11th season in 2014.
The series, created by Seth MacFarlane, the mind behind popular titles like "Family Guy," "The Cleveland Show" and "Ted" started his series about a quirky family led by an ultra conservative father, who just so happens to be a CIA agent, back in 2005 when his "Family Guy" was renewed after being cancelled years prior.
This is the first news anyone has heard that "American Dad" is done on Fox but it's welcomed news for fans of the show. The ratings have been declining steadily for the past few seasons and it's possible the show was on its way to cancellation. A pickup by TBS means the show will last a bit longer, even if Fox no longer wants it. Fox recently pulled the plug on "The Cleveland Show" bringing the number of MacFarlane shows on the air to two.
According to Splitsider, the new deal allows TBS' sister network, Adult Swim, to air encores of the new American Dad episodes after they initially air on TBS. In effect, this could double the chances for the shows ratings each week, as one timeslot might prove better than the other.
For 2012-2013's season of American Dad it has been rated the 43rd most watched program on TV. For the sake of comparison, Fox's other animated shows placed 16th (Family Guy), 31st (The Simpsons), 60th (Bob's Burgers) and 94th (The Cleveland Show).
With its acquisition of "American Dad," TBS is making a name for itself for rescuing beloved shows from the jaws of cancellation. Recently it cut a deal with ABC to acquire it's popular show "Cougar Town" and made a real name for itself the otherwise unknown network was the one to step up and give Conan O'Brien a new place to do his late-night show after the big controversy surrounding his departure from NBC's "The Tonight Show."
